The Argentine Néstor Girolami, with Honda Civic, finished in second position in the first competition of the weekend in Bathurst, Australia, for a new day of the TCR World Tour motorsports championship (touring cars).
For the sixteenth round of the contest, the 34-year-old Cordoba driver escorted the Uruguayan Santiago Urrutia (Lynk) after 11 laps to the Mount Panorama circuit, who won with a total time of 28m. 33s. 331/1000.
Girolami, born in the town of Isla Verde, came 765 thousandths behind the winner, while the Australian Tony D’Alberto (Honda Civic), his teammate in this race, arrived in third place, 1s behind. 335/1000.
Frenchman Yann Ehrlacher (Lynk) finished in fourth position, 3s behind. 857/1000; Swede Thed Bjork (Lynk) finished fifth, 4s behind. 541/1000 and the Englishman Rob Huff (Audi RS3) finished sixth, 5s away. 140/1000, to go on to command the championship.
The two final competitions of the weekend in Bathurst will take place from 10:50 p.m. on Saturday and 2:10 a.m. on Sunday in Argentine time, on the 6,213-meter long route.
Main positions of the tournament: Huff (Audi RS3), 342 points; Ehrlacher (Lynk), 338; Norbert Michelisz (Hyundai), 335; Mikel Azcona (Hyundai), 293; Frederic Vervisch (Audi RS3), 271; Girolami (Honda Civic), 267.
Source: Ambito
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